Section 6.9
Original Sanskrit
6.9.1 यथा सोम्य मधु मधुकृतो निस्तिष्ठन्ति नानात्ययानां वृक्षाणाँरसान्समवहारमेकताँरसं गमयन्ति ॥ १ ॥
6.9.2 ते यथा तत्र न विवेकं लभन्तेऽमुष्याहं वृक्षस्य रसोऽस्म्यमुष्याहं वृक्षस्य रसोऽस्मीत्येवमेव खलु सोम्येमाः सर्वाः प्रजाः सति सम्पद्य न विदुः सति सम्पद्यामह इति ॥ २ ॥
6.9.3 त इह व्याघ्रो वा सिँहो वा वृको वा वराहो वा कीटो वा पतङ्गो वा दँशो वा मशको वा यद्यद्भवन्ति तदाभवन्ति ॥ ३ ॥
6.9.4 स य एषोऽणिमैतदात्म्यमिदँ सर्वं तत्सत्यँ स आत्मा तत्त्वमसि श्वेतकेतो इति भूय एव मा भगवान्विज्ञापयत्विति तथा सोम्येति होवाच ॥ ४ ॥
Musean translation
Complete machine-assisted Musean translation made directly from the Sanskrit, independently of the Plain English edition. All eight books and the closing invocation are retained.
6.9.1 "My dear, bees make honey by gathering the juices of many different trees and blending them into one juice.
6.9.2 "There those juices cannot distinguish themselves and say, 'I am the juice of that tree; I am the juice of that tree.' Just so, my dear, all these creatures, on becoming one with Being, do not know, 'We have become one with Being.'
6.9.3 "Whatever they are here—a tiger or a lion, a wolf or a boar, a worm or a moth, a gadfly or a mosquito—that they become again.
6.9.4 "That subtle essence—all this has that as its Self. That is the real. That is the Self. You are that, Shvetaketu." "Sir, make me understand further." "So be it, my dear," he said.
Plain English translation
Complete machine-assisted Plain English translation made independently and directly from the Sanskrit, not from the Musean edition. All eight books and the closing invocation are retained.
6.9.1 "My dear, bees make honey by collecting the juices of many different trees and making their juice into one.
6.9.2 "There the juices cannot distinguish themselves by saying, 'I am the juice of this tree,' or 'I am the juice of that tree.' In just the same way, my dear, all these creatures become united with Being without knowing, 'We have become united with Being.'
6.9.3 "Whatever they are here—a tiger, a lion, a wolf, a boar, a worm, a moth, a gadfly, or a mosquito—that is what they become again.
6.9.4 "This finest essence is the Self of this whole world. That is what is real. That is the Self. You are that, Shvetaketu." "Sir, please help me understand this further." "Yes, my dear," he said.
About this section
Section 6.9 is part of Chandogya Upanishad by Unknown. This page sets the Sanskrit original beside 2 direct-source translations, so any line can be checked against the source. It is section 106 of 154 in the work, which is kept in the Hindu tradition.
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